The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.